Some documentation for rendering strategies

Author: jeffgbutler

src/main/java/org/mybatis/dynamic/sql/render/RenderingStrategy.java

@@ -19,17 +19,83 @@
 
 import org.mybatis.dynamic.sql.BindableColumn;
 
+/**
+ * A rendering strategy is used to generate a platform specific binding.
+ * <p>
+ * Rendering strategies are used during the rendering phase of statement generation.
+ * All generated SQL statements include the generated statement itself, and a map of parameters that
+ * should be bound to the statement at execution time. For example, a generated select statement may
+ * look like this when rendered for MyBatis:
+ * <p>
+ * <code>select foo from bar where id = #{parameters.p1,jdbcType=INTEGER}</code>
+ * <p>
+ * In this case, the binding is <code>#{parameters.p1,jdbcType=INTEGER}</code>. MyBatis knows how to interpret this
+ * binding - it will look for a value in the <code>parameters.p1</code> property of the parameter object
+ * passed to the statement and bind it as a prepared statement parameter when executing the statement.
+ */
 public abstract class RenderingStrategy {
     public static final String DEFAULT_PARAMETER_PREFIX = "parameters"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
     public String formatParameterMapKey(AtomicInteger sequence) {
         return "p" + sequence.getAndIncrement(); //$NON-NLS-1$
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This method generates a binding for a parameter to a placeholder in a generated SQL statement.
+     * <p>
+     * This binding is appropriate when there can be a mapping between a parameter and a known target column,
+     * In MyBatis, the binding can specify type information based on the column. The bindings are specific
+     * to the target framework.
+     * <p>
+     * For MyBatis, a binding looks like this: "#{prefix.parameterName,jdbcType=xxx,typeHandler=xxx,javaType=xxx}"
+     * <p>
+     * For Spring, a binding looks like this: ":parameterName"
+     *
+     * @param column column definition used for generating type details in a MyBatis binding. Ignored for Spring.
+     * @param prefix parameter prefix used for locating the parameters in a SQL provider object. Typically, will be
+     *               {@link RenderingStrategy#DEFAULT_PARAMETER_PREFIX}. This is ignored for Spring.
+     * @param parameterName name of the parameter. Typically generated by calling
+     *    {@link RenderingStrategy#formatParameterMapKey(AtomicInteger)}
+     * @return the generated binding
+     */
     public abstract String getFormattedJdbcPlaceholder(BindableColumn<?> column, String prefix, String parameterName);
 
+    /**
+     * This method generates a binding for a parameter to a placeholder in a generated SQL statement.
+     * <p>
+     * This binding is appropriate when the parameter is bound to placeholder that is not a known column (such as
+     * a limit or offset parameter). The bindings are specific to the target framework.
+     * <p>
+     * For MyBatis, a binding looks like this: "#{prefix.parameterName}"
+     * <p>
+     * For Spring, a binding looks like this: ":parameterName"
+     *
+     * @param prefix parameter prefix used for locating the parameters in a SQL provider object. Typically, will be
+     *               {@link RenderingStrategy#DEFAULT_PARAMETER_PREFIX}. This is ignored for Spring.
+     * @param parameterName name of the parameter. Typically generated by calling
+     *    {@link RenderingStrategy#formatParameterMapKey(AtomicInteger)}
+     * @return the generated binding
+     */
     public abstract String getFormattedJdbcPlaceholder(String prefix, String parameterName);
 
+    /**
+     * This method generates a binding for a parameter to a placeholder in a generated multirow insert statement.
+     * <p>
+     * This binding is specifically for use with a multirow insert. The Spring implementation changes the binding
+     * to match values expected for a multirow insert statement. For MyBatis, the binding is the same
+     * as {@link RenderingStrategy#getFormattedJdbcPlaceholder(BindableColumn, String, String)}.
+     * <p>
+     * For MyBatis, a binding looks like this: "#{prefix.parameterName,jdbcType=xxx,typeHandler=xxx,javaType=xxx}"
+     * <p>
+     * For Spring, a binding looks like this: ":prefix.parameterName"
+     *
+     * @param column column definition used for generating type details in a MyBatis binding. Ignored for Spring.
+     * @param prefix parameter prefix used for locating the parameters in a SQL provider object. Typically, will be
+     *               {@link RenderingStrategy#DEFAULT_PARAMETER_PREFIX}. This is ignored for Spring.
+     * @param parameterName name of the parameter. Typically generated by calling
+     *    {@link RenderingStrategy#formatParameterMapKey(AtomicInteger)}
+     * @return the generated binding
+     */
     public String getMultiRowFormattedJdbcPlaceholder(BindableColumn<?> column, String prefix, String parameterName) {
         return getFormattedJdbcPlaceholder(column, prefix, parameterName);
     }